Drifters Anthology by unknow

Author:unknow
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Knox Publishing
Published: 2021-08-15T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

Stoker

Something is going on with Layla. To survive prison, I had to learn to read people, and Layla isn’t as good at hiding from me as she thinks. Whatever she’s into, whatever has her running scared, I’m going to get to the bottom of it.

If she was anyone else, I wouldn’t deal with her fucking problems, but it’s Layla. Even if she didn’t mean something to the club, she means something to me—or she’s starting to. I didn’t want to feel that connection to her—to anyone—but I can’t help it. There’s something about her. Something that makes me want things I never dreamed I could have. She makes me think about the possibility of a future, a life. That seemed out of reach before, an idea I could barely touch my fingertips too. I shouldn’t be thinking about this shit, not after such a short time.

I text Nox after I leave her flat. He tells me he’s at the clubhouse and that he’ll wait for me there, so I ride over. As always, being on the back of my bike makes me feel free and easy. I can almost forget the past decade when I’m riding. I let my mind empty of everything but enjoying the open road.

As I pull up outside the clubhouse, I still feel like a visitor, a stranger, even though I’m neither of those things. This world is mine, and I belong in it, no matter what my brain thinks.

I head into the building and find Nox sitting at the bar in the common room talking with Levi. Both brothers look deep in conversation and while I don’t want to interrupt shit, this is fucking important.

She’s important.

The air feels too thin when I think about shit happening to her, and that hunk of meat in my chest beats a little faster.

I tell myself it’s because she’s part of the club and Briella’s friend, but it’s more than that.

I want to take care of Layla.

I need to keep her safe and I’ll do whatever it takes to ensure that.

Nox peers up as I approach. The brother is built. He looks like he could crush my windpipe with barely more than a squeeze. All the brothers do, myself included.

“Give us a minute,” Nox says to Levi, who instantly pushes to his feet and pats my shoulder.

I didn’t know Levi before I went inside, but the guy still treats me like fucking family. That is the way of the club.

Brotherhood.

Loyalty.

Trust.

Honour.

It’s why I joined. It’s why I remained true to my brothers. It’s why I never snitched for a shorter sentence. I would have rather spent two lifetimes in prison than betray my brothers.

These are the rules I abide by.

The code I live by.

If you don’t have honour, what do you have?

I take Levi’s vacated seat and clasp my hands together on the bar top as I consider how the fuck to broach this shit. This isn’t going to be easy, especially considering my brothers like Layla, see her as part of the club family.

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